The Corbomite Maneuver

"The Corbomite Maneuver"
Star Trek: The Original Series episode
Yeoman Rand and Captain Kirk
Episode no.	Season 1 Episode 10
Directed by	Joseph Sargent
Written by	Jerry Sohl
Featured music	Fred Steiner
Cinematography by	Jerry Finnerman
Production code	003
Original air date	November 10, 1966 (1966-11-10)
Guest appearance(s)
Clint Howard – Balok Anthony Call – Lt. Bailey Walker Edmiston – Voice of Balok Ted Cassidy – Voice of Balok Puppet Eddie Paskey – Lt. Leslie Bill Blackburn – Lt. Hadley Frank da Vinci – Crewman Ron Veto – Crewman Sean Morgan – Crewman Mittie Lawrence – Crew Woman Ena Hartman – Crew Woman No. 2 Gloria Calomee – Crew Woman Bruce Mars – Crewman No. 1 John Gabriel – Crewman Jonathan Goldsmith - Crewman
Episode chronology
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List of Star Trek: The Original Series episodes

"The Corbomite Maneuver" is a first season episode of the science fiction television series, Star Trek, first aired November 10, 1966, and repeated May 11, 1967. It is episode No. 10, production No. 3, the first regular episode of Star Trek produced after the two pilots, although it was aired later in the season.

Written by Jerry Sohl, directed by Joseph Sargent, and created and produced by Gene Roddenberry, the storyline describes how the USS Enterprise encounters a massive and powerful alien starship and its unusual pilot.

The episode features a young Clint Howard, brother of actor-turned-director Ron Howard, who plays the alien "child" at the end (with an overdubbed, ethereal voice provided by Walker Edmiston). This was also the first episode filmed in which DeForest Kelley played Dr. Leonard McCoy, Nichelle Nichols played Lt. Uhura and Grace Lee Whitney played Yeoman Rand, although viewers saw them for the first time in "The Man Trap".

On stardate 1512.2, the Federation starship USS Enterprise, commanded by Captain James T. Kirk, finishes a third day of star mapping when novice navigator Lt. Dave Bailey (Anthony Call) spots a large spinning colored cube floating in space. First Officer Spock orders Helmsman Sulu to sound an alert.